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Clutter Video Tip: 5 Questions for Setting New Year’s Resolutions
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Well, maybe if we’re talking about last year’s resolutions. It’s easy to set a typical resolution- lose weight, work out, floss daily… But what about a resolution that has real meaning for your life? In this video I am sharing five questions to ask yourself… Read more »
Seven Easy Ways to Get Organized for the New Year
One of the biggest mistakes I see people make when setting their New Year's Resolutions is "biting off more than they can chew." If you take on several big changes at once, you may set yourself up for disappointment. I have seven "tiny bites" you can take that will make a huge difference; click here… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: Organizing Holiday Decorations, Part 1
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening. Does your home look like a winter wonderland right now? Decorating for the holidays is a lot of work. But today we’ll help send away the bluebird, and make sure that here to stay is the new bird. In this video I conspire,… Read more »
Five Must-Have Tools to Organize Your Kitchen
Your kitchen is the hub of the home, but is it running like a flat tire? We are continuing our "five must-have" series for each room of the house this week. Click here for our recommendations for the five must-have kitchen organizing tools on the Good Housekeeping Home Style blog. Follow me on Twitter… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: How to Get Organized Each Morning & Evening
Do you feel like you need a megaphone and pom poms to get your day started and your family out the door? Do your evenings leave you feeling like you are on the bottom of an endless pyramid? You don’t have to be a cheerleader to understand the importance of a good routine. Setting up… Read more »
Teach Your Kids to Get Organized for the Holidays
The holiday season is full of easy opportunities to teach our kids about organizing. We can teach them to make lists, for one thing, just like Santa! I share five different ways to show your kids how giving and receiving go hand in hand, and how organizing makes it all work better. Click here to… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: Santa’s Organizing Secrets
Are your stockings hung by the chimney with care? Do your elves empty them gleefully and their contents compare? Do the contents of some seem close to empty? While others, of course, have way more than plenty. In this video I’ll show you how to organize these stuffers. Because when the elves are not happy,… Read more »
Lorie’s Favorite Things List 2011
As you may know, I usually pick out my "favorite things" list each year for fun holiday gift ideas, mostly organizing-related. Here is my list from last year, and here is my list for 2009. This year's list I published on my Good Housekeeping blog, so if you want to see my hand-picked gift ideas… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: How to Organize Linen Closets
Does your linen closet make you wish you were three sheets to the wind? Are you drowning in a pit of terrycloth despair? Don’t throw in the towel just yet. Watch this video for strategies to organize your linens and linen closet. You make your bed, and then you have to lay in it. So,… Read more »
